calendar etc.

2004-03-02 Thread Frank Evans
Deep joy on receipt of your numerous responses to the calendar question. Many thanks, situation now much clearer. Plus much amusement at some of the extras including e.g. Alaska and the date line. Now I feel much better! On another topic, maybe Tony Moss in Spitzbergen could get a star azim

RE: SGS in Quebec

2004-03-02 Thread Roger Bailey
Hi John, Changing the f to e in the url gives you the English version. It is trivial in comparison to the French version. Here is my rough translation of the original. My French is not very good but this rough translation will give you the sense of the text, perhaps better than a word for word tr

Re: Off topic a little -- help requested

2004-03-02 Thread Edley McKnight
Hi Mac, When things like this happen to me it is usually a routing problem. Trace the route and if necessary work through an intermediate link or a mirror, anything to force a different route. This usually clears up the transmission for me. Enjoy the Light! Edley McKnight -

Re: Off topic a little -- help requested

2004-03-02 Thread Th. Taudin Chabot
I just checked like your friends and see nothing funny. But check also with your provider, sometimes a provider blocks certain websites/adresses for some reason (often; spam, but that is not always so). Thibaud Chabot At 17:31 02-03-2004, Mac Oglesby wrote: Hello list members, For several d

Fw: SGS in Quebec

2004-03-02 Thread John Carmichael
Hello french speaking dialists. It has just been brought to my attention by Anselmo Perez that a monumental stained glass sundial exists in Quebec Canada. This is the first known Canadian Stained Glass window and it's huge! There is a website in french about the dial but I cannot translate it. Co

Off topic a little -- help requested

2004-03-02 Thread Mac Oglesby
Hello list members, For several days I've been unable to load the Dutch Sundial Society web page at http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl (.) Friends (and my ISP) report that the page opens OK for them. What I get is nothing at all, or, after a lengthy interval, error messages saying a connecti

Re: Magnetic variation.

2004-03-02 Thread John Pickard
Tony, I well recall working in the Vestfold Hills (lat 68o S) in Antarctica where the variation was 78oW. Took a long while to get used to this high value. Of course, all we had to do was walk roughly in the right direction , give or take 10o, and we always got to our destinations OK. It's funny